Portable fence.



H. IVEN.

PORTABLE FENCE. 1

APPLICATION FILED 11311.14, 1914.

1,1 1 4,479; Patented 001;. 20, 1914.

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5 1152:496 Z Q QQZ. as? W .fluczuup HENRY IVEINQ OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PORTABLE rnlvcn.

Application filed January 14, 1914. Serial No. 812,090.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY IVEN", a subject ofthe Emperor of Germany, residing "at Chicago, in the county of Cook,State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPortable Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The presentinvention is directedto portable fences, and has foritsobject to so construct a device of this character that the same can beeasily and quickly folded for transportation. p i

A further object of the invention is to provide a fence of thischaracter so constructed that the same can be readily attached to theends of railway ties at places so as to prevent persons from passingfrom one track to another.

\Vith these and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 1s a side elevation ofthe fence.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an end view of one of the uprightsand the supporting base folded.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a complete section,any number of which may be used as the occasion may require, and in thepresent instance a'p'air of complete sections are shown.

Each section comprises an upright or post 2 to the lower end of which ishingedly connected a bar 3, said bar having formed there'- in screwopenings 4 and 5, so that when said bar is resting upon the tie 6, thesame may be rigidly connected thereto upon passing screws 7 through saidopenings. To hold the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 20,1 914.

uprights 2 in their proper vertical position a brace bar 7 is provided,and has its upper end hingedly connected intermediate the.

ends of'the upright, and'itslower endpro- .vided with an offset 8 havingformed therein an opening 9, s which registers with the screw opening 5so that the screw which a ds in attaching thebar 3' tothe tie, alsoserves to attach the off-set 8 to the bar. Each sectionsfurther consistsof a plurality of hingedly connected panels 10,the outermost panel of peach section being provided with hooks 11,

the bills of which being adapted to detach- I ably engage the pins'12carried by the uprights or post 2. g

It is obvious that the panels can be readily removed from engagementwith the uprights and as the same are hingedly connected they Inay berolled into a compact form, and'it will be further noted that as shownin Fig.

4 that the upright, supporting bar and brace I folded so as to occupy aminican be readily mum amount of space.

' What is claimed is A fence of the class described comprising aplurality of sections, each section comprising an upright, a bar havingopenings formed therein, said bar being adapted to i s engage asupporting tie, said bar having one end pivotally connected to the lowerend of the upright, a brace bar having its upper end pivotally connectedto the uprights, and

its lower end provided with an off-set having I Q an opening formedthereinfor registry with one of the openings of the bar,securing devicespassed through the opening in the OE- set and openings in said barforattaching the barv to the supporting'tie, and hingedlyf connected panelsdetachably connected to the uprights.

In testimony whereof, I afliX ny signature, I

in the presence of'twowitnesses.

-, HENRY IVEN. Witnesses: l I i RQA. ALLEN, v L

E. KENNEY.

CLARENCE Copies of this patent mav be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Batents I i WashingtomD. C.

